The Little Mermaid

You will still have the same floating gracefulness of movement, and no dancer will ever tread so lightly; but at every step you take it will feel as if you were treading upon sharp knives, and that the blood must flow. If you will bear all this, I will help you.– The Little Mermaid, by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)

Leaning her white arms at the vessel’s edge she stood Sunlight brings death
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‘Hold this knife and plunge
into the lover’s heart, quick!
Gain eternity.’
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Buy his life for mine?
Hands trembling, she flung it far
Jumped off from the cruise
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The sea returned her
Immortality bestowed
‘You’ve suffered enough.’

Thank you, Ghalia.🙂 I seriously don’t know the rules and structure of a proper haiku, but I like doing them because they’re short and they speak. These four are about ‘the little mermaid’ from Andersen’s story. Glad you liked.🙂

Neither do I. But practice makes a man perfect. Plus, personally, if the poetry fails to convey its meaning properly, structure isn’t worth a damn.😉
I checked our that link ‘The Little Mermaid’. I haven’t read it so far, but I’ll let you know. It seems en-captivating, totally.🙂

Ahan. Practice makes perfect, perfection is an illusion, illusion is the first of all pleasures.😀
I was basically searching for something ‘utopian’ to inspire me when stumbled upon this. The expressions, the agony, those quotations and scenes in the story were so amazingly put ke phir I decided to write about it.🙂

Ayeiinn Nahi. :3
I think Perfection is an achievement. A daunting one, but there are ways to attain it, and once you do, you are Oh-so-awesome. ^_^ Plus, the race for Perfection co-joins you to excellence.😉

Haey, that’s even better than Voltaire. =p
I like your views, gave me a better perception. But see, ‘the race to perfection co-joins you to excellence’ theek, but PERFECTION as in real perfection, does that exist?
Excellence does, but even those that we idealize aren’t perfect. Or maybe they’re some ways to attain it as you said, and perfection lies in the way only.